distantThunder
LightNews LightNews
banner
distantthunder.bsky.social
distantThunder
@distantthunder.bsky.social
320 followers 460 following 790 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
distantthunder.bsky.social
distantThunder @distantthunder.bsky.social · Jan 9
These 20 films are mostly character &; performance driven small movies that I truly loved. If you are looking for something to watch, I hope you'll give one of these a try. #filmsky
distantthunder.bsky.social distantThunder @distantthunder.bsky.social · Dec 28
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters.

20/20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films 🎥📽🎬🎞
Reposted by distantThunder
martinrak.bsky.social
Land of Trees
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
distantthunder.bsky.social
"A painting is something like a spectacle, a theater piece in which each figure lives out her part."

Leonor Fini

"Le Double"

#fineartpainting #art #painting #fineart #artsky
A female kneels on an abstract floor draped in a beautiful cape, next to either her double or her reflection.
September 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
"When Inez came out of the water she was crying with the tiniest voice. I wasn't expecting her voice. To have a whole new person with their own voice in your arms… We live in a world that is so magical, something as mind blowing as birth is quotidian."

"Eye(Birth)"
#fineart #painting #art #painters
The water birth of the artist's daughter is seen in the reflection from the artist's eye as he witnessed the birth.
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
Ari Kwon's surreal, ethereal work visualizes the gap between an outwardly happy appearance and the private feelings of loss, anxiety, and deviation that individuals often hide.

"A Dream Messenger"

#fineartpainting #fineart #artsky #art #paintings #painters
Bird's take flight from a barren tree in the lower right corner of the frame into a vivid purplish sky representing the world of dreams.
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
“My art reflects the world I perceive with all my senses. People I meet and love; nature I admire; and all the things that affect the way I am.”

Justyna Kopania

"Mist #3"

#fineartpainting #fineart #artsky #art #paintings #painters
An abstract Impressionist painting in which a ghostly sailing ship comes out of the mist directly towards the viewer. Seagulls in flight precede the ship heading toward the viewer as well. The abstract vertical lines of dark color in the background give the impression of a stormy sea in the distance
September 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
"When life feels chaotic & unfathomable, pause & listen. Listen to the murmur of the trees, the rushing chatter of a river, the birds weaving melodies into the wind. In these moments, you may hear the quiet wisdom of the world & your own place within it.”

Genevieve Leavold

#fineartpainting #art
An abstract painting of vividly colored forms inspired by natural landscape features like rivers and desert canyons. Sunset orange tones and glacial blue intertwine like features of an abstract landscape.
September 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by distantThunder
josbuurmans.bsky.social
Standing Tall under Brooding Skies - Pukehou, Hawke's Bay, NZ.

#photography #landscape #newzealand
August 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by distantThunder
martinrak.bsky.social
Autumn in the Dolomites 💛
September 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reposted by distantThunder
armandsarlangue.bsky.social
A beautiful arche shaped iceberg that we found in Disko Bay early August during one of our late night sailing.

To give you an idea the mast of the boat is around 30 meters high 😵‍💫⛵️🧊… This piece of ice was massive.
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by distantThunder
armandsarlangue.bsky.social
Sometimes we found some really big icebergs while sailing in Greenland…
Beautiful soft moment during endless sunset.
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
The California impressionists applied the techniques of impressionism to paint mostly the beautiful landscape of California's coast.

"Hazy Morning"

Jean Mannheim

#artsky #art #painting #artists
Warm morning sunlight shines through the morning haze onto a rural cottage which sits in the center of the scene. Shrubs and a dirt path fill the foreground while tall trees can be seen through the haze in the distance
September 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
Spent most of the summer assisting my sister as she goes through chemo and radiation for breast cancer. It sucks, but I was glad I had some time available to help.
I'm back now. Did I miss anything?
September 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
They're literally trying to create the Thought Police in the USA.
roderickgraham.bsky.social Rod Graham (The Neighborhood Sociologist) @roderickgraham.bsky.social · Jun 20
We live in a different time from just five years ago. You can really be punished by the state for not having the right thoughts.
June 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
"It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power."

Jean-Francois Millet

Hugh Cameron was a Scottish painter who, like Millet, specialized in painting the beauty of the commonplace.

"The Careful Sister "

#artsky #art #painting #artists
"The Careful Sister" painting by Hugh Cameron. A young girl walks hand in hand with her younger sister along a Scottish beach.
June 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
Back after a multiple week absence assisting my sister through chemo.
Glad to be back.

And Fuck cancer!
June 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
In honor of the election of Pope Leo IV today I present what is widely considered the greatest works of art depicting a Pope.
Fittingly, that is Raphael's portrait of Pope Leo X, painted between 1518 & 1520.

#artsky #art #artists #painting
Pope Leo X shown in a candid pose reading scripture. Two personal attendants stand nearby.
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
"Paintings are not primarily there to be explained, but to be looked at. And there are paintings where trying to explain makes no sense because the meaning of the painting is different from that expressed by language."

Wolfgang Lettl

#artsky #art #artists #painting
"1789" painting by Wolfgang Lettl An abstract painting of seven female figures appearing to dance interspersed with various open books.
May 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
“Nothing matters in this world to the painter, but a good picture. And it must be a mighty good one to compete with those already done."

Gari Melchers

"The Unpretentious Garden "

#artsky #art #artista #painting
A woman sits in a chair in a garden while another woman walks towards the house in the background. Trees and flowers adorn the yard.
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
distantthunder.bsky.social
@profdfhesq.bsky.social Hi there.
I'm not a lawyer, but isn't the reason that SCOTUS allows deportation without full due process like a criminal trial because they ruled it a civil procedure that doesn't deprive them of life liberty or property?
And weren't these deportees all deprived of liberty?
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by distantThunder
andymacd-photo.bsky.social
3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The second in The Natural Abstract category

www.AndyMacD.co.uk

#landscape #photography
#LandscapePhotography
#fineart #Scotland #nature
A frozen twig on the surface of a reservoir - a wee sprig of frost on it's tip. Magic.
April 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Reposted by distantThunder
jostephen.bsky.social
The village woods. I love Spring.
April 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reposted by distantThunder
kennymuir.bsky.social
Fresh snow and clear air in the Caledonian forest. This Scots pine branch was really glowing in the early morning sun.

#scotland #landscapephotography #photography #nature #scotspine
A shapely Scots pine branching catching the morning sun on a winter’s morning in the Caledonian forest of Scotland. Snowfall adorned the trees.
April 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reposted by distantThunder
andymacd-photo.bsky.social
I've been absent of late due to "life". But I did get some good news recently! 3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The first in The Landscape category

www.AndyMacD.co.uk

#landscape #photography
#LandscapePhotography
#fineart #Scotland #nature
April 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reposted by distantThunder
chrisgrievephoto.bsky.social
Dark Matter series nominated as finalist in the Nature category of the Fine Art Photography Awards 2025. See link to winners’ gallery.

#photography #fineart #bnw

fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gall...
Fine Art Photography Awards - Chris Grieve Nominee in Nature
How often do we walk by, overlooking that which may be revealed by dappled, filtered or indirect light? Dark matter is said to make up 90% of the physical universe, yet remains invisible. It serves as...
fineartphotoawards.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM